On show: Astronaut Yang Liwei and Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa open the Exhibition on China's First Manned Space Mission at the Science Museum; the Shenzhou V spacecraft re-entry capsule and landing parachute; the astronaut's spacesuit.

The realisation of China's dream to conquer space is tremendous encouragement to Hong Kong people to push on against all odds and to scale new heights.

This was the message from Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa today, officiating at the opening of the Exhibition on China's First Manned Space Mission at the Science Museum with astronaut Yang Liwei.